Smart Power and “The Human Rights Industrial Complex”

Thanks for blogging a brilliant post; to add to this: There is no such thing as ‘human rights’. We have once again been deluded by semantic deceit aka LEGALESE: the jargon used by lawmakers. We are people, not human beings; please make the distinction? Our constitutions state we, the people, not we the human beings. The following is the best educational deconstruction of the word http://www.hisholychurch.net/sermon/human.htm
The 1893 Encyclopaedia Britannica defines the word LEGAL as: “THE UNDOING OF GOD’S LAW.” Now we know why. in peace

Human rights in the West: does the reality live up to the rhetoric? On the surface, the cultural narrative seems innocent enough: billionaire philanthropists, political luminaries and transnational corporations, along with legions of staff and volunteers – all working together in the name of social justice, forging a better, fairer and more accountable world.

The story reads well on paper, and well it should. After all, the 20th century saw a string of failures by various governments to curb and halt some of the most horrific exhibitions of genocide and crimes against humanity.

The door has been opened for many charities and human rights organizations to play a bigger role in moderating international affairs. Upon more rigorous inspection, however, what emerges is one of the most unfortunate realities of 21st century geopolitics. Though many human rights charities…